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Greater Manchester’s community organisations - including a number from Oldham - are celebrating today after being awarded a total of £3 million in National Lottery funding for the...
Date Published 06/06/2018
Young people across Greater Manchester are gearing up for a national day of action to tackle the growing threat of polluted air in our towns and cities.
Hundreds of Oldham’s best and brightest young and community musicians are set to get the town centre rocking at this year’s Summer Festival.
From the local elections here in Oldham, to standing up for Shop Direct workers in Parliament, May has be an even busier month than usual.
Oldham Council’s new Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care has paid tribute to the “staggering contribution” made to wellbeing in our borough by volunteers.
For the fifth consecutive year, Oldham Scouts hosted an ‘Iftar under the Stars’ event.
Women from Oldham and Rochdale are coming together to dance the distance in aid of an eight-year-old Oldham girl who is in need of a kidney transplant.
A charity dance contest has become the hottest ticket in town for staff at water company United Utilities – netting £50,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support’s regional fund.
Date Published 05/06/2018
An inspirational Medical Records Clerk from the Royal Oldham Hospital will soon be walking the catwalk in aid of Maggie’s Manchester charity.
Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, will be delivering dog safety workshops to children across Greater Manchester next week (June 11-17) as part of its second annual...
Don't forget the Failsworth Carnival will be held this weekend - on June 9 and 10 - on Lord Lane playing fields, starting at 10am on both days.
Calling all knitters…can you help the Royal Oldham Hospital’s tiniest patients?
Children who have to go to local Emergency Departments are helping a research study that aims to improve future NHS care.
Manchester is gearing up for the biggest weekend of the year as a number of major music and sports events take place across the city.
New Oldham Council Leader Sean Fielding is pledging that local independent businesses remain a major priority and will play a key role in regenerating the town centre.
Date Published 04/06/2018
Former Newman College pupil and current Manchester College student Blessing Adamolekun has made it through to the finals stage of a national beauty compettiion.
A new, year-long campaign is being launched to promote and celebrate Oldham’s amazing natural environment.
The venue is booked, the line-up confirmed and tickets are now available for you to book places at the first ever Oldham Learning Festival.
This National Glaucoma Week (June 4-10), the Specsavers team in Oldham is raising awareness of dry eye syndrome and how it can impact those with glaucoma.
‘Aim high’ would seem to be the clear message from outgoing First Choice Homes board member and tenant Bernadette Callaghan as she looks forward to well-deserved retirement after...
Greater Manchester Police’s Special Constabulary and Volunteer Police Cadets have been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – the highest award given to local volunteer...
Parents across the region are being urged to take action and book places for their children on school bus services for the next academic year.
Date Published 01/06/2018
As the month of June dawns, Oldhamers can gear up for another warm weekend of weather, though this evening (Friday) we could be hit by a potentially thundery shower or two.
Chief Executive Joanne Sloan has taken the opportunity of National Volunteer Week (June 1-7) to issue a heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who help out at Dr...
Eight-year-old Harley Vickers and his friend Lily Coffey (6) took more than one for the team when they embarked on a water bomb fundraiser.
Chadderton-based chocolatiers, Éponine, won an incredible nine awards at the 2018 Academy of Chocolate Awards.
A public engagement exercise has launched today (Friday, June 1) giving the public the chance to give their feedback on proposals to introduce a zonal fares system across the...
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has used the pre-NHS experiences of Oldham woman Brenda Rustidge to highlight the danger of a privatised NHS.
An Oldham opticians is encouraging would-be writers and poets to submit prose to a national Creative Writing Competition run by the charity, Carers UK.
Date Published 31/05/2018
Action Together is inviting residents of Oldham and Tameside to come and meet local charities to try their hand at some volunteer taster sessions to mark Volunteers’ Week, which...
